Challenge

Mandaraí Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) 3 minutes into the game, San Siro's Ermis Vogiatzakis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alexander Higgins made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. 7 minutes into the game, San Siro's Ermis Vogiatzakis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alexander Higgins made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Minas Skoufas received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Alexander Higgins came out and tried to block the shot, but Minas Skoufas slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 10th minute. A hard shot 13 in the game by Ermis Vogiatzakis from a close distance when the talented Alexander Higgins managed to make a qualified save. Scotland's players were relieved. Theodosis Balidis succeeded in the game's 14th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 4-0. When the match had gone on for 17 minutes, Ermis Vogiatzakis put it in 5-0 from a short distance just to the right of Alexander Higgins. Nikitas Brizolakos might have been able to make a better finish in the 21st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Alexander Higgins. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nikitas Brizolakos ran back to his position shaking his head. Ermis Vogiatzakis's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 26thth minute, Alexander Higgins skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. With his leg Alexander Higgins managed to avoid a goal in the 27thth minute, when San Siro's Ermis Vogiatzakis fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 31 minutes into the game, San Siro's Kosmas Kassianidis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alexander Higgins made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 7-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ermis Vogiatzakis got free with Alexander Higgins in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Theodosis Balidis had several of the Scotland's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 37 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 8-0 score and a disappointed Alexander Higgins as he didn't even see the shot coming. Alexander Higgins showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Theodosis Balidis in the 39th minute of the match. Ermis Vogiatzakis received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Alexander Higgins came out and tried to block the shot, but Ermis Vogiatzakis slotted it home off the left post making it 9-0 in the 41st minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 9-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Zac O'Donnell made the kick off in the second half. Jack MacKinnon lost his temper 52 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 52 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Scotland! 10-0 came in the 55th minute when Theodosis Balidis all by himself managed to get straight through the defense and place the ball into the net to the right of Alexander Higgins. 59 minutes into the match, Minas Skoufas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alexander Higgins. Scotland's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Minas Skoufas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 11-0. Alexander Higgins showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Theodosis Balidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Alexander Higgins made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Babbis Tsochos in the 63rd minute of play. After some careless play in the Scotland defense, Ermis Vogiatzakis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alexander Higgins. The Scotland fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alexander Higgins should have stopped the shot. When San Siro's Ermis Vogiatzakis in the 71st minute got a chance for a shot 71st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Scotland's goalie prevented a goal. San Siro's Kosmas Kassianidis got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Theodosis Balidis took the ball and in the 76 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alexander Higgins. Alexander Higgins dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 14-0. After 79 minutes of play, San Siro's Kosmas Kassianidis made it 15-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alexander Higgins was left in no man's land by his defense there! Theodosis Balidis scored 16-0 in the 82nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alexander Higgins, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 87 minutes into the game, San Siro's Minas Skoufas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alexander Higgins made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 17-0. The San Siro fans' excitement grew in the 90th match minute when San Siro's Theodosis Balidis looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 18-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 93rdth minute of the game Ermis Vogiatzakis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Scotland's Alexander Higgins was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ermis Vogiatzakis in the 95th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Alexander Higgins prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Robert McNeill during the 97th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 97 played minutes Scotland got a freekick which was hit by Robert McNeill.